The Yankees ended the season facing a great deal of uncertainty about their future, and the early part of the offseason hasn’t done anything to provide answers.

Alex Rodriguez’s appeal of his 211-game suspension is dragging on longer than initially expected with no end in sight, and Robinson Cano, true to his word, still seems set on testing the free-agent market after the World Series is over.

So while the Yankees have many pressing needs, they are no closer to finding answers for 2014.

One of those answers could be Braves catcher Brian McCann, who is set to become a free agent. The Yankees’ lack of power was an issue throughout the season and the absence of offensive production from behind the plate was particularly damaging.

McCann, who will turn 30 in February, would help in both areas, but he might be too expensive to end up in the Bronx.

He has hit at least 20 homers in each of the past six seasons and was selected to his seventh All-Star Game last year.

Price is just one obstacle the Yankees would face in the pursuit of McCann, who grew up in Georgia and was drafted by the Braves in 2002.

Agent B.B. Abbott declined to get into specifics when asked about McCann’s future, since the Braves have exclusive negotiating rights with him until six days after the end of the postseason.

“The Braves have earned the right and the respect to speak to him first,’’ Abbott said. “He’s approaching this very systematically.”

McCann’s offensive ability would help make up for the loss last year of Russell Martin. The Yankees had hoped Francisco Cervelli would develop into a solid threat at the plate — if not a powerful one — but a broken hand and a Biogenesis suspension spoiled those plans, and the Yankees were left with Chris Stewart, Austin Romine and J.R. Murphy.

The Yankees could go the inexpensive route at catcher again next season as they try to get payroll under the $189 million tax threshold, especially if Rodriguez’s suspension is overturned or reduced and Cano re-signs.

A full season with Rodriguez would likely cost the Yankees $31 million thanks to a $6 million bonus if he hits six homers to catch Willie Mays on the all-time list, and Cano’s deal probably wouldn’t be much less.

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Don Baylor left the Diamondbacks to become the hitting coach for the Angels, leaving the Arizona job open. That may have an impact on Kevin Long’s situation with the Yankees, since Long’s contract is up at the end of the month. Long spends the offseason in Arizona, which could make the job a good fit. … Pitching coach Larry Rothschild is inching closer to signing an extension with the Yankees, as The Post reported last week.